Uganda: Television boss fired for reporting on police violence

02 Oct 2009

Mark Walungama, a manager in the Ugandan Broadcasting Corporation has been dismissed for allowing “disturbing pictures’”of police beating protestors in the recent city riots. Walungama was informed by top officials to cease reporting for work until the issue had been resolved.
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